Given the current abundant supply and cheap price of natural gas (NG) in the United States, there is a significant opportunity to use this fuel for transportation. However, there are few fueling stations for consumers. To address this need, a dual-mode engine has been developed where in one mode all...
In the mid 1930's the Diesel engine, which formerly was used only as a large, low-speed machine, was developed into a smaller
high-speed engine for use in trucks, busses, and tractors. Along
with these changes in mechanical design came many problems, of
which a major one was lubrication. Because ordinary...